Physaria occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
Synonyms: Lesquerella cusickii M. E. Jones Lesquerella occidentalis subsp. cusickii Lesquerella occidentalis var. cusickii (M. E. Jones) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 654.
Caudex a thickened crown, branched. Stems several from base, exserted to nearly covered with basal leaves (densely clustered), erect or decumbent. Basal leaves: blade margins sinuate-dentate or entire. Fruits (strongly latiseptate), compressed at margins and apex, apex (acute), often beaked; valves pubescent inside; ovules 4 per ovary; style frequently curved. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering (Apr-)Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Loose gravelly soils, talus slopes, volcanic rocks, rocky ridges, metamorphic rubble, marbleized rocks, decomposed limestone and schist, barren hillsides, whitish ash deposits
Elevation: (600-) 1800-3400 m
Distribution
Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
beaked +
petiolate +
rosulate +
opposite +
absent +
auriculate +
oblanceolate;suborbicular;obovate or elliptic +
absent +
branched +
pubescent +
woody +
well-developed +
distinct +
absent +
accumbent +
3[2]-fid +
thickened +
absent +
absent +
median +
dilated +
actinomorphic +
bisexual +
compressed +
dehiscent +
dehiscent +
distinct +
absent +
Loose gravelly soils, talus slopes, volcanic rocks, rocky ridges, metamorphic rubble, marbleized rocks, decomposed limestone and schist, barren hillsides, whitish ash deposits +
racemose +
flattened +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
sinuate;dentate;sinuate;dentate +
absent +
1-seeded +
obscure +
confluent +
receptacular +
variable +
simple +
convex +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
spatulate +
2-carpellate +
4-11-colpate +
Novon +
2002 +
ebracteate +
divaricate +
sigmoid +
dense +
slender +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
indistinct +
slender +
biseriate +
saccate +
distinct +
lateral +
absent +
reduced +
longitudinal +
tetradynamous +
equal +
prostrate +
exserted +
several +
absent +
curved +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Physaria occidentalis subsp. occidentalis +
Physaria occidentalis +
subspecies +
mixed +
stellate +
pubescent +
bifurcate +
dehiscing +
pubescent +
anastomosing +
not scapose +
perennial +
pubescent +
eglandular +
subshrub +
submerged +